PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Consetetur blandit et enim lorem amet lorem possim sit erat. Adipiscing et ex gubergren dolores elitr consetetur dolore et accusam clita sit et. Duo lorem wisi minim. Dolores illum takimata amet takimata voluptua. Nonumy takimata magna in facilisi sanctus. Tempor nonumy ipsum facilisi justo erat sea sed eirmod ut vero sea nisl et delenit. Sit illum diam dolor luptatum in tincidunt ipsum dolore ut ipsum lorem eirmod. Aliquyam quis no elitr minim dolore et kasd doming molestie dolor nonumy dolore accusam dolore amet. Tempor vero sanctus dolore sea minim erat dolore autem elit ad kasd ut delenit lorem. Amet sanctus sed minim aliquyam ipsum justo. No eos te augue voluptua vero blandit hendrerit doming aliquyam in aliquyam ea.
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Sample Output H3
Sed amet elit aliquyam. Duo vel amet consequat vero magna et at est diam diam voluptua tempor. No tempor vero no iriure eirmod voluptua et. Amet veniam sed kasd lorem est tation lorem et cum et est sed odio. Dolore dolores hendrerit vero. Dolores sadipscing nonumy no sed possim.
Dolor elitr no voluptua facilisis. Consetetur et lorem et dolores ut facilisis dolore sea dolor tempor duis ut et. Et at praesent ipsum rebum assum eros at ea illum gubergren sit eos diam nostrud. Diam commodo dolor eros gubergren euismod dolor odio consequat dolores sed ut eu. Clita cum no imperdiet et sit feugait vero veniam velit. Wisi blandit tempor sea vero accusam et rebum sit magna ea labore at. Nostrud erat sit dolore vel kasd at feugait sea diam sed ullamcorper amet. Diam ut soluta. Dolor diam stet.
Sample Output H4
Ad diam erat in. Volutpat voluptua sadipscing blandit et et. In augue et facilisis dolor clita et no. Et dolore doming lorem molestie amet. Eirmod iusto dolor amet est et. Exerci tempor ut tempor vero enim dolor in ut erat ipsum.
Feugiat sed amet sed in rebum aliquyam vel quis labore kasd duo gubergren magna dolor. Dolore kasd ipsum takimata stet. Kasd exerci at duis voluptua aliquip sadipscing stet volutpat sit dolores est. Elitr et eos sed diam lorem ipsum ipsum cum sadipscing tempor feugiat stet cum eum lorem. Est dolor consetetur sit aliquyam vero consequat. Esse eum eirmod duis dolore. Illum sanctus ea amet nonumy no eirmod takimata justo sadipscing vel sea dolor nonumy dolor eirmod. Consequat takimata consequat et. Gubergren dolore clita amet tempor justo dolor euismod molestie. Sit erat ea voluptua eos et facilisi dolor takimata consequat nostrud ut sit et est.
Sample Output H4
Lorem delenit diam vulputate option hendrerit lorem imperdiet. Euismod ut nisl lorem est exerci sea stet euismod diam est at et et sanctus consetetur sed. Takimata vero stet diam at ut facilisis diam diam id veniam amet lobortis nisl autem. No duo at. Facilisi dolor diam tincidunt zzril luptatum sea nulla labore minim labore aliquyam dignissim sadipscing elitr. Est esse amet labore vero vulputate lorem et volutpat. Eleifend sit sit diam facilisi.
Accumsan possim sanctus ipsum eirmod eum sed sit ipsum lorem dolor gubergren et dolores ea sanctus sed labore vero. Sed rebum nonumy dolor diam sea hendrerit amet gubergren ipsum diam eos elit amet kasd. Clita esse dolores sed dolores et at labore. Eos et iusto invidunt suscipit et at et. Consetetur sed dolores est accusam aliquyam praesent facilisis invidunt augue rebum eos aliquyam et. Hendrerit elitr invidunt sit dolore diam justo esse accusam vel lorem sea et rebum consectetuer. Iriure sed aliquyam sit nobis accusam wisi dolores tempor takimata labore ut aliquyam et enim sadipscing sea.
Sample Output H3
Ad consetetur kasd amet gubergren at dolore no at dolores et sed zzril. Eu tempor et adipiscing velit erat diam autem ullamcorper aliquyam hendrerit duo labore elitr sit duo. Ut ipsum ut justo diam ea diam et euismod diam sea vero lorem et te facilisi amet. Dolores vel consetetur nisl aliquyam tempor. Tation magna tempor elitr eros kasd stet eos nulla tincidunt dolor amet dolores aliquyam justo elitr. Rebum no eos stet facilisi ea dolore erat dolores in. Lobortis et gubergren odio enim ipsum commodo eirmod dolor diam lorem nulla quis ut elitr feugait rebum minim blandit. Elit velit vel mazim et magna et lorem et amet eum gubergren.
Duo in veniam no amet dolor erat dolore amet molestie ea rebum ex. Ea eos vel dolores ipsum kasd justo rebum diam dolore adipiscing sadipscing. Praesent lorem volutpat. Vulputate accusam et dolores molestie amet est dolores amet no ea te gubergren diam takimata accusam. Cum in dolor erat amet commodo gubergren lorem et clita et dolor. Justo diam sadipscing sanctus no elitr justo erat aliquyam diam nulla amet praesent. Praesent est sed sea elitr eos ut lorem clita diam dolores rebum dolor.
Sample Output H4
Stet nobis no. Clita nonumy facilisis esse odio duo consequat ut. Aliquam et rebum aliquyam. Stet tempor lorem consetetur ipsum et feugiat. Accusam et et accusam consetetur. Kasd liber duo voluptua sit sit dignissim. Takimata sit lorem diam diam justo qui vel clita stet. Amet erat aliquyam rebum duo lorem magna diam sed duo gubergren dolor ex eos magna nulla. Et vero diam aliquyam sea sit duo sit et stet facilisi sanctus clita amet. Accusam lorem tempor vero magna dolor lorem sed et amet at sed ipsum justo diam.
Delenit sadipscing dolore accumsan amet elitr euismod consetetur clita dolores ea qui magna amet. Facilisi vero ipsum nobis minim nibh feugiat justo. Feugiat eros ut rebum sanctus et. Dolore dolor sit at sed ut vel. Takimata eu sed duo ut. Gubergren magna iriure vero tempor at et lobortis et ipsum. Eos duo sit et takimata amet eirmod sadipscing sed labore at sanctus hendrerit nostrud invidunt. Sadipscing no et sit sea rebum tempor justo dolore eos diam. Sed takimata nulla diam hendrerit accusam aliquam dolor aliquip lorem lorem et facilisi sea gubergren justo. Ipsum tempor erat dolor amet sit. Diam takimata sadipscing gubergren consequat.
Sample Output H4
Nisl gubergren aliquip sit labore dolor no ex accusam nonumy et elitr diam no lorem invidunt ipsum. Dolores luptatum nulla dolore gubergren amet sed sed te et sit sed nostrud invidunt lorem et ea vero. Eos dolore et tation duo adipiscing diam ut takimata duo lorem in aliquip sed clita autem aliquyam consectetuer dolores. Nonumy nam facilisi lorem facer duo consetetur amet ipsum stet sanctus duis voluptua eirmod. Elit sadipscing gubergren no consequat hendrerit ipsum velit gubergren est lorem duo tempor luptatum accusam veniam lorem. Et dolore invidunt laoreet at et eleifend vero amet est tempor sit gubergren exerci ipsum gubergren ipsum.
Eros congue sadipscing accusam et diam amet clita duo eos facilisis gubergren no accusam ipsum dolor est sed. Sit sadipscing nonummy stet amet dolore cum sed stet eros et diam velit feugiat sed diam illum magna quis. Sadipscing veniam veniam dolore dolor consequat id sea vero clita te sadipscing et diam justo. Amet invidunt et. Dolore lorem luptatum tincidunt ipsum sit sadipscing. Tempor in stet et amet at ea erat consequat amet consetetur clita duo tempor eos ex dolores sea consetetur. Facilisis rebum at et molestie vel tempor consetetur rebum invidunt duo est accusam wisi vero amet.
More Sample Output H2
Dolor eos elitr consequat commodo aliquam placerat lobortis dolore est voluptua labore exerci. Dolor sit odio et magna option dignissim lorem lorem accusam et quis vero sea vulputate dolore ipsum mazim sit. Rebum ipsum sanctus diam et sed laoreet erat tempor. Duo delenit consetetur feugiat ea consetetur. Sit duo blandit volutpat. Eu et erat tempor amet labore. Vero volutpat ea et duo. Ipsum diam vel sanctus diam eos vulputate stet. Invidunt no dolores clita. Magna at aliquip vero dolore eos.
Labore gubergren sed. Mazim dolores clita. Sit magna et vero liber nisl sit amet diam te amet erat sea justo et accusam dolore. Consequat delenit justo feugiat amet consetetur sed voluptua takimata invidunt sed amet amet suscipit. Vero dolor sed vero nonumy ut at vel liber veniam eos erat sadipscing ea rebum sed. Stet erat esse kasd diam lorem minim et sit dolore sit consetetur duo elit sed voluptua accusam. Duo tincidunt sit diam amet eirmod et feugiat rebum diam ea labore kasd elitr eum et dolore.
Sample Output H3
Duo amet erat elit ullamcorper elitr esse amet eirmod sit magna quis sanctus dolor et sit. Amet est ut imperdiet lorem ea elitr assum labore duis justo accusam congue. Commodo sed lorem. Ea exerci dolor est molestie diam nam amet sadipscing dolore vel. Vero sed aliquyam dolore in iriure ipsum iriure et lorem velit elitr facilisis aliquyam diam. Nulla ipsum ipsum takimata facilisi eirmod consequat ullamcorper ut nonumy et quis nonumy lorem accusam kasd takimata. Ut sed vero. Eos takimata est et sed kasd eos lorem erat lorem dolor kasd sanctus nonumy ut voluptua. Esse no et dolor aliquip dolore takimata ut commodo dolore. Ut ex erat dolor accusam elitr sit at dolor lorem et laoreet molestie. Gubergren adipiscing duis nihil eu dolore eros magna no dolore dolore ut justo qui amet feugiat dolores dolore.
Ipsum ipsum voluptua est diam rebum et kasd. Kasd illum illum vero amet vel. Amet sea ut. Duis est elitr sit ea justo vero. Sed dolore velit consetetur augue justo sed sit suscipit.
Sample Output H4
Blandit gubergren ea ut consetetur sit et diam duo consetetur gubergren invidunt feugait dolor. Magna dolor vero aliquyam diam stet suscipit takimata et est erat eirmod accusam in est vel. Est sit dolores sadipscing dolor zzril dolor aliquyam praesent sed est et duis vel. Rebum lobortis eirmod amet nulla at ut. Consetetur dolor amet lorem lorem nihil sed exerci diam nulla no ea sea erat labore nihil dolore no labore. Nonumy eirmod invidunt assum ex tempor vero dolor option est nonumy. Tempor feugiat eos elitr takimata duis praesent. Ut ut et hendrerit in invidunt labore labore. No praesent labore gubergren duis et diam et.
Sanctus eos tation sea sed placerat clita sanctus diam sanctus veniam dolor eirmod. Dolor et diam enim consetetur dolor erat. Diam et sed voluptua nonumy clita nostrud sanctus kasd elitr labore erat accusam sadipscing stet quod. Ut est sea in. No duo rebum iriure hendrerit at ipsum amet et no amet voluptua consequat gubergren blandit. Blandit sea dolor et nulla justo takimata gubergren et sea. Dolor eu no dolore ullamcorper facilisis augue nulla takimata elitr ea diam vel sea accusam accusam et erat.
Sample Output H4
Lorem sed sit aliquip sit sanctus et. Eos clita lorem eos adipiscing hendrerit veniam duis. Dolore at ea consequat ipsum erat exerci accusam accusam sanctus ea molestie ipsum ea duis sanctus ea dolores. Clita nulla delenit tempor gubergren kasd labore doming nam sadipscing esse nonumy. Sadipscing no sadipscing et lorem no sit dolore ut aliquyam voluptua sit. Amet quod erat ipsum et aliquam eros tempor gubergren aliquip vel velit est eros. Labore est erat sit dolores erat sed diam sanctus eu at takimata et magna vel dolor. Nisl eirmod gubergren no ipsum dolores facilisis justo elit. Et eos sea option duis kasd dolore iriure delenit sit quod et wisi lorem diam elitr. Id stet te voluptua at at dolor invidunt dolores ea sadipscing tempor eirmod odio eirmod.
Doming dolores eos erat at vero labore lorem et dolor amet. Est nonumy accusam eos in magna velit et sit no et gubergren rebum amet aliquip. Sed voluptua consequat. Clita et amet et sadipscing ea dolore in diam dolor ipsum consetetur dolor lorem rebum. Et consectetuer zzril lorem quod labore imperdiet lorem ut dolore. Praesent sed consetetur rebum quis duis et sea labore kasd qui erat. Lorem clita duis lorem nonumy eirmod sea zzril et sanctus dolores nonummy kasd takimata amet. Hendrerit eros vel sed aliquyam labore dolor lorem lobortis at sed. No sed molestie eirmod ipsum diam in ut et imperdiet eirmod sit quis duo luptatum esse sed vel.
Sample Output H3
Magna kasd gubergren. Et iusto aliquyam lorem nonumy rebum kasd aliquyam euismod velit sanctus. Dolor sed at dolor sit stet dolore sit tempor lorem. Clita volutpat nulla accusam tempor sed dolore. Consequat duo magna.
Sea takimata invidunt diam invidunt justo ipsum nonumy. Amet consetetur lorem iriure amet sed consectetuer. No voluptua erat consetetur duo sit eros sadipscing eos eos voluptua sit tincidunt esse nostrud. Clita amet diam sed eos gubergren at. Eirmod eirmod eos consequat eos sea sit autem stet. Aliquam sanctus voluptua amet nulla at nulla ut vel et gubergren nonumy et tincidunt nisl no. Clita consequat elitr eos lorem sit te sanctus ut sed nonumy clita stet diam magna commodo. Et blandit elit eros vero dolor sit ipsum rebum erat elitr adipiscing. Ipsum et sed sadipscing labore clita erat dolor dolor lorem consequat elit ut duis in. Qui ipsum sed suscipit soluta nulla.
Sample Output H4
Dolor tempor adipiscing sed te at voluptua illum. Est aliquyam sanctus iusto et sadipscing et aliquam labore sed stet. Magna justo vero illum ex minim id stet voluptua dolore takimata et et dignissim dolor ea. Placerat kasd duo zzril diam illum dolores feugiat gubergren ex. No nonumy duo at esse gubergren sea velit takimata no erat sed dolore et ea consetetur. Exerci eleifend erat amet nonumy.
Molestie augue aliquam sed consectetuer sea amet accusam. Duo lorem invidunt kasd labore at nulla sadipscing facilisis elitr vel dolor et iusto consetetur in dolore veniam eos. Dolore magna molestie diam nulla eirmod gubergren sed tempor. Lorem gubergren eirmod et clita et. Luptatum hendrerit aliquyam et at ut dolor eirmod ipsum velit sanctus.
Sample Output H4
Kasd delenit vero augue magna lorem dolores te ex dolor justo. Eos sadipscing sadipscing assum sea sit erat erat. Vero eos sadipscing nisl takimata erat vulputate diam sed ut diam dolores esse vulputate ipsum dolores voluptua vel. Option et dolor sadipscing dolore amet ipsum placerat iusto dolor diam justo duis imperdiet sit invidunt. Erat sed ut sea euismod et sed nulla dolore eirmod. Lorem nonumy et et zzril accusam commodo kasd diam erat. Sed lorem vero justo et in consetetur.
Eirmod ipsum kasd ipsum ut duis lorem. Sit accusam consequat lorem clita. In dolore facilisi laoreet facilisi et lorem ut sea at molestie wisi. Dolor tation adipiscing accusam magna invidunt duis rebum et sed takimata. Justo est vero kasd takimata sit dolores diam lorem justo lorem id clita dolore dolor dolore lorem adipiscing. Clita esse sadipscing autem consetetur duo lorem diam at magna sanctus sanctus suscipit labore duis iusto justo.